BLOOD COMPONENTS
This blood component is made up of 90% water & 10% glucose, hormones, & proteins.
What is plasma?
The 3 types of main blood vessels found in the body
What are veins, arteries, & capillaries?
This blood type carries only the "A" antigens attached to the red blood cells.
What is Type A blood?
These are the 4 main functions of blood
What are transporter, protector/healer, message carrier, and thermostat?
If you have this condition you will feel tired because of the lack of iron in your system which means your body can't make enough red blood cells.
What is anemia?
This is the only blood component with a nucleus.
What are White Blood Cells (WBC)?
Another names for "little arteries"
What are arterioles?
A person with Type B blood can only RECEIVE blood from someone with these blood types.
What are Type B and Type O blood types?
What 2 blood components are involved in the protecting & healing function of blood?
What are white blood cells and platelets?
This is where stem cells are made.
What is the red bone marrow?
This is the blood component that picks up waste & carries oxygen throughout the body.
What are red blood cells (RBC)?
Another name for "little veins"
What are venules?
The name given to the + or - marker on your red blood cells
What is the Rhesus or Rh factor?
These are the "messages" that are sent through the blood.
What are hormones?
These are special cells that eat up the worn out cells.
What are phagocytes?
These components are responsible for clotting the blood.
What are platelets?
These blood vessels carry oxygen rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
What are arteries?
This blood type is a universal donor meaning it can give to all other blood types.
What is O-?
These are what the blood "transports."
What are oxygen, carbon dioxide waste, & nutrients?
This is the body system that links all the other organs & body systems together.
What is the circulatory system?
Another name for platelets
What are thrombocytes?
These oxygen deficient blood vessels carry blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
This blood type is a universal recipient meaning it can receive blood from any blood type.
What is AB+?
This is the name for one of the hormones that the blood is responsible for carrying through the blood that tells the body to speed up breathing.
What is adrenaline/epinephrine?
The name for the process by which the blood gives oxygen to the cells through the capillaries.
What is diffusion?